State your POST certification, academy graduation year, and any federal background investigation status in your professional summary. List your current department, rank, and years of service. For lateral transfer applications, hiring agencies want to evaluate your experience level quickly before reading through your full work history.

Call volume, arrest statistics, case clearance rates, and traffic enforcement metrics are all data points that demonstrate your productivity and effectiveness. Even performance review scores or supervisor commendations quantify the quality of your work. Vague claims like 'excellent patrol officer' are far weaker than 'responded to 600 calls per year with zero use-of-force complaints.'

Specialized assignments — detective, K-9, SWAT, traffic enforcement, SRO, community outreach — demonstrate career development and advanced skills. For each specialty, describe the selection process (competitive), the training completed, and one or two measurable results. Departments hiring experienced officers often target candidates with specific unit experience.